4th Battalion 14th Marines

4th Battalion, 14th Marines
4th Battalion, 14th Marine's insignia
Active	N/A
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Artillery
Role	Provide fires in support of 4th Marine Division
Part of	inactive
Motto	"N/A"
Engagements	World War II * Battle of Iwo Jima Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom

4th Battalion, 14th Marines (4/14) was a United States reserve artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries and a headquarters battery. The battalion was based in Bessemer, Alabama and its primary weapon system was the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30 kilometers. They were part of the 14th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division.

Mission

Provide artillery support to a maneuver element or reinforcing fires to another artillery organization.

Subordinate units

Name	Location
Headquarters and Service Battery	Bessemer, Alabama
Battery K (Kilo Battery)	Huntsville, Alabama
Battery L (Lima Battery)	Bessemer, Alabama
Battery M (Mike Battery)	Chattanooga, Tennessee

History

Battery M, 4th Battalion 14th Marines at Camp Fallujah, Iraq.

4th Battalion, 14th Marines started as a direct support artillery Battalion utilizing the M109A3 (SP) Self Propelled Howitzer, then transferred all (18) M109A3 SP's to the Army and converted to the M198 Tow Howitzer. 4th Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division was the last Marine Corps unit to use the M109A3 SP Howitzers.

Headquarters battery and Lima battery, both based in Bessemer, AL, were recently disbanded. Concurrent with this was the formation of the 4th Anti-Terrorism Battalion, an infantry unit, headquartered in Bessemer. Kilo Battery was reassigned as a Himaars Battery and reassigned to 2nd Battalion 14th Marines. Mike Battery was reassigned to 3rd Battalion 14th Marines, and has since transitioned to the M-198's replacement, the M-777 lightweight 155mm howitzer. Mike Battery was activated again in 2007 for a 2008 deployment to Iraq.

Notes

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.

Web

"4th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-16.

United States Marine Corps

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4th Marine Division

14th Marines	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion 5th Battalion

23rd Marines	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion TOW Platoon

24th Marines	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion

25th Marines	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion

Other Battalions	4th Combat Engineer 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance 4th Reconnaissance 4th Tank 4th Assault Amphibian Anti-Terrorism

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